cheron98

Edit: And you have no one to blame but yourselves! I still have til July 20th to RSVP!

Yeah, and then I realized I am really hating having to wait that long Extreme lack of patience and all that. Plus I also realized that waiting until July 20th means we're running right up basically to the week before the wedding itself and I'm going to be extra crazy that week and probably have difficulty getting the wootception stuff finalized. I should've put the RSVP deadline as about 2 weeks earlier so that the wootception would be completely finalized before the wedding itself took place. Plan fail.

otolith

cheron98 wrote:Hey folks, not to be a pest or anything, but if you are currently thinking you'll be coming to the wootception, even if you're still a "maybe", I'd really appreciate a quick little email or PM to let me know you're at least thinking about it. Trying to get a handle on # of people, and with the current response rate, we're way below what we've been planning for. If I need to make plan changes, now is the time to do it.

Thanks

Both of us really wished we could make it. Just happens to be on a bad weekend for us.

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."
--John Muir

MarkDaSpark

cheron98 wrote:Yeah, and then I realized I am really hating having to wait that long Extreme lack of patience and all that. Plus I also realized that waiting until July 20th means we're running right up basically to the week before the wedding itself and I'm going to be extra crazy that week and probably have difficulty getting the wootception stuff finalized. I should've put the RSVP deadline as about 2 weeks earlier so that the wootception would be completely finalized before the wedding itself took place. Plan fail.

Yep. You should know us by now. Especially after the RPM Tours!

x20

Someone has to put WD's kids thru college, but why does it have to be me! *This post is for purposes of enabling only, and does not constitute any promise of helping pay for said enabling. It does indicate willingness to assist in drinking said wine.

MarkDaSpark

Someone has to put WD's kids thru college, but why does it have to be me! *This post is for purposes of enabling only, and does not constitute any promise of helping pay for said enabling. It does indicate willingness to assist in drinking said wine.

otolith

Just spent around 40 hours w/o power. I now own a generator! Didn't lose any food (or wine) out of the deal. PITA, though, since we can't use water unless we want it backing up into the basement...will need to somehow figure out how to connect the generator to that.

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."
--John Muir

bahwm

otolith wrote:Just spent around 40 hours w/o power. I now own a generator! Didn't lose any food (or wine) out of the deal. PITA, though, since we can't use water unless we want it backing up into the basement...will need to somehow figure out how to connect the generator to that.

Doc O, I'm sorry to hear about all of your troubles. What happened out there? I've been dealing with my EOYS (End of The Year core dump) at school that I totally missed what was going on weather wise west of us.

May our love be like good wine, grow stronger as it grows older. ~ Old English Toast

mommadeb1

otolith wrote:Just spent around 40 hours w/o power. I now own a generator! Didn't lose any food (or wine) out of the deal. PITA, though, since we can't use water unless we want it backing up into the basement...will need to somehow figure out how to connect the generator to that.

feel your pain.... we have a generator that will power fridges,feezers and the well... everything else is not necessary... a generator that would power the whole house is too expensive!

ddeuddeg

x-posted:
Went to local farmer's market yesterday. A bit early for most of what we usually are looking for, but SWMBO found some kohlrabi and beet greens. The kohlrabi wound up with a Granny Smith apple in a slaw with some yogurt and lemon juice dressing. The beet greens, she sautéed with some EVOO, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Meanwhile I grilled some asparagus and a ribeye. What a fascinating and delicious mélange of flavors! Totally harmonious. Oh yes, the wine: a 2004 Jana Cathedral. OMG!

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. - Hester Browne
Filmmaker/winemaker Francis Ford Coppola says his two professions are almost the same and that each depends on source material and takes a lot of time to perfect.
The big difference: "Today's winemakers still worry about quality."

ddeuddeg

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. - Hester Browne
Filmmaker/winemaker Francis Ford Coppola says his two professions are almost the same and that each depends on source material and takes a lot of time to perfect.
The big difference: "Today's winemakers still worry about quality."

otolith

bahwm wrote:Doc O, I'm sorry to hear about all of your troubles. What happened out there? I've been dealing with my EOYS (End of The Year core dump) at school that I totally missed what was going on weather wise west of us.

Incredibly powerful thunderstorm. Couldn't see 20' away when it was raining, and the winds were 60+ mph. Still tons of downed trees and power lines. Some people won't get power back for another few days, so we feel fortunate. Supposedly the biggest power outage ever in the state. 500K+ peeps!

Whole home generators are spendy! Will probably get this one so it can run the vitals of our house.

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."
--John Muir

bahwm

otolith wrote:Incredibly powerful thunderstorm. Couldn't see 20' away when it was raining, and the winds were 60+ mph. Still tons of downed trees and power lines. Some people won't get power back for another few days, so we feel fortunate. Supposedly the biggest power outage ever in the state. 500K+ peeps!

Whole home generators are spendy! Will probably get this one so it can run the vitals of our house.

Yikes! That sounds really nasty! Good luck to all of our Minnesota peeps.

May our love be like good wine, grow stronger as it grows older. ~ Old English Toast

rjquillin

otolith wrote:Just spent around 40 hours w/o power. I now own a generator! Didn't lose any food (or wine) out of the deal. PITA, though, since we can't use water unless we want it backing up into the basement...will need to somehow figure out how to connect the generator to that.

We did about the same thing here. When we moved in in '90, the following year we had lots of nasty storms. Not like yours, but a lot of downed trees and limbs and many outages for hours and at one point lasting into days. After the second short one, I grabbed a 7KW unit and plugged it into the dryer outlet we don't use; propane dryer. A couple tugs and it starts up, main breaker off, dryer breaker on and all is good. Can't run the well pump or A/C, and at night the microwave is dicey with other loads, but all the essentials are in place. Have three UPS units on critical computing and communication devices.
Now, if only the PV system would work during an outage...

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